Razor-blade holder



Nov. 1, 1927. 1,647,357

v J. HOLTZMAN RAZOR BLADE HOLDER Filed July 51, 1924 INVENTOR lPatented Nov. 1, 1927.,

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enabled to strop, hone or otherwise sharpen 7' both sides-of each of the cutting edges of a double edge razor blade, without injuryto the strops or other means 1 employed "to sharpen the razor blade and without injurytothe razor bladewhen'located in different .po-'

1 sitions to sharpen its opposite cutting edges.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 rep resents a sideelevation of an exemplification of my improved razor blade holder with its elements in an open-or spaced position ;Fig.

2 shows an elevation similar to Fig. 1 witha pair of its elements in a closed position; Fig; 3indicates a side elevation'of the razor blade holder with all of its elements in one a of their closed positions Fig.'4 is a section 10f Fig.-2 on the line 4, 4 and Fig, 5 represents a section of Fig. 2'on the line 5, 5; V Referring to Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, the razor blade holder is indicated with the -tubular handle 20, which has formed therewith the side plates 21 havingthe central exten sions 22.

p A holder member with the body portion has one end thereof located between the; extensions 22 and is hinged thereto, by

means of the hinge pivot 26. The said holder blade 25 has extending therefrom the guard comprising the branch guard arms 27, integral therewith which join with the main guard arm 28 that is parallel toIthev body portion 25 and integral'with the said branch guard arms. The endof the holder member 25 is formed with the curved-depression 29 and has formed; therein; the

27, guard arm 28 and holder member 25 are integral with each other. 5 A second holder .member with the body portion has one end thereof located be-' tween the extensions 22, and isalso hinged thereto, by means of said hinge pivot 26, The holder member 35 has extending therefrom the guard comprising the branch guard arms 37 integral therewith, which openings '30. The said'branch guard farms V bear thereon,

1924.1. Serial 'NoJ 729,283.

The said lbran'ch guard arms" 37, guard arm razor blade is in dicated L posite cuttingledgesg46 and 471 and the V circular opening 48; I

.38 an'dlholder member 35 are integralwith; f

When the razor blade 45 is to honed sharpened it is connectedgto the razorblade V holder, by firstf locating the holder members.

25 and 35 in their open or spaced relation-asindicated in Fig. 1. :The razor blade' 45 is then located upon the body portion '35, with the locking ears'40 extended through a pair of the openings 48 of the said razor blade: The holder member with the-body portion- 25 is then swung over the razor blade 45, and v the openings 3Ov are locked'with-the locking ears 40, as indicated -in'-Fig;i2. with .the'depression 39 bearing againstfthe depression 29 Both the body portions 25an'd 35 with 3," in "which location the "cutting-I edge '47 of "the razor bladei 45-lockedibetween them, are Y then swung to the position indicatedin Fig."

edge 46 ofthe razor-blade45, both holder I blades25and 35 are swung one'hundred and eighty degrees, and locked with the other end'of the side plates21 of the handle 20'.

' To disengage the. razor blade 45 from-them '7 Iholder member/they are again" swung to?" the position indicated in'Fig. '2 when .the

holder blade with the body portion 25 is unlocked from the holder member having the body portion 35 as indicated in Fig. 1', and the razor blade 45 canthen 'be easily.

its openings 48' detached by disengaging from the locking ears 41.

It will be noted thatthe razor with branch guard arms 27 and 37 on account'of cutting edges the strop or other honing instrumentality to below the guard arms 28 and 38; The latter also protect the cutting edges of the razor blade 45 when it is swung to its holdercan-be used with the ordinary razorstrop 3 I asjused by barbers or withflothermeans' to Y "engage the cuttingwedges oftherazor blade. 3

When the razor blade holder is used the m0 their flexibility will yield and permit the 46 and 47 which are next to idilterent positions to-lock the holders 25 and I 35 with the iside plates 21 of the holder 20,

The guard arms 28 and 38 prevent the razor blade cuttmg 1ng means.

the strop during the stropping of the blade or injuring any othersharpen- It will be noted. that thesaid. holder member having the body portion; with its-main. guard arm 28 and branch guard arms 27, and the holder member having thebody portion with its main guard arm SSanditsbran'ch guard arms 37, constitute both a supporting and safety device for the razor blade 45, preventing injury to either cutting edgerof said:

blade. V

Various modifications, may be made; in; the

" invention and the; present, exemplification is to be taken as illustrative and notlimitatiarer thereof. 1 y

Having described my inventioni what I.

desire to secure'by Letters Patent-andclaim? is:

ported therein and. adapted to: clamp; a razor bladebetween them, a pair otfflexible elements integral with each holder membenand a guard arm: integral with eachzpa'nr of fl'ezeible elements, said guard: arms: CllSPOSGds on the opposite sides of'said blade and: nor:- mallyin the same plane therewitln. either one of said pair of said element's adapted: to; flex to'move itsrguarrd arm; out of? the plane; of the razor blade when the latter is being stropped or sharpened.

2; The ,combination in a razor. bladeholder.

of a handle having spacedi side: plates,

a pair ofholder members with oneend of each pivoted toand; between said side: plates, detachable locking means integral with said holder members adapted to" lock them to: each other with a doubleedge razor'bl'ade: de-

tachably'locked between them, a. p'air'of flex ible branch guard armsextendingfrom each holder member and a main: guard arm integral with each pairof branch guard: arms, said main guard arms disposed? on. the; 0p:-- posite sides of saidrazor. blade adjacent to:

the cut-tingedges thereof and normally in 1. The combination ina; razor bladeholder" of apair ofholdermembers; pivotally supsite. positions on the handle and adapted to be; detachably locked thereto in proper posi{ tion, to alternately sharpen the opposite cutting edges of the razor blade.

3: The combination in a razor blade holder ot a handlehaving spaced side plates, a pair of holder, members with one end of each pivoted to and: between said side plates, detachable locking means for said holder menr bers adapted tolock them to each other with a double edge razor blade detachably locked betweemthenl, a curved-depression at the outer end of each holder member, said de-' PIBSSIQHS? normally bearing against eachother,;a.pair of; flexible branch guard arms of a width greater'than their thickness, ere. tending from each holder member and ai main guardiarm' oft'a: Width greater than its thickness integral. with. each pair of branch guard arms, the saidl rmain' guard arms disposed on the opposite sldes of said razor blade: adgacent to: the cutting edges thereof and substantially in the same: plane withsaid blade, either pair of: said branch guard armsadapted: to flex to move its main guard armout of the plane'of said blade, when the latter is being. stropped or sharpened, said holder' members with; said razor blade adapted to swing to opposite positions on. the handle: to be; detachably. locked into I proper: position, to alternately sharpen the opposite cutting edgesof'the razor blade.

4".- ,"I1he; combination, in! a: razor blade holder a of a handle, a; pair of side plates associated: with the handle, a guard and support for a:

doublevedge razor blade,.said guard and sup port. adapted to be clamped by said side 1' plates, saidl guard having two pairs'of flex.

ible' branch guardi arms each with a. thick: ne'ss less" than 1ts width and a main guard arm. of a. thickness less than its width, each main guardi. arm integral with its branch.

guard arms-,1 said, guard. adapted to be clamped; between said. side plates with a: razor, bladeliield" in position to be stropped or sharpened.

Signed at the borough of Manhattan, city; of New York in; the countyfof New York and: Stateof New York this 2.9 day of July, A. D. 1924.

JOHN HQLTZMAN. 

